Project Director - Communications Engineering

About the role

NCS, an AI tech services company and subsidiary of the Singtel Group, is looking for a Project Director for its communications engineering business in Singapore. The role leads, oversees and manages a portfolio of IT and engineering projects so that deliverables are on time, within scope and to customer requirements, while managing a cross-functional project team and leading pre-sales and tender activities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage a project portfolio, including pre-sale work and tender responses, and take accountability for milestones and project finances
• Review the project lifecycle, schedules, quality plans, budgets and risk and communication plans
• Manage scope, schedule and cost issues, component integration, and project overruns
• Forecast costs and revenues accurately and keep project finances within approved budgets
• Report progress to senior management and customer stakeholders and manage resources efficiently
• Lead the project team through transition to operations and maintain service levels without financial penalty or security incidents
• Build relationships with partners, contractors and subcontractors, negotiate change controls, and build long-term customer relationships
• Identify service expansion opportunities with account managers and contribute to tender proposals
• Provide financial forecasting, cost and revenue scheduling, client billing and internal charging plans
• Coach and develop the team, run performance reviews and team building, and plan for staff billability

Required profile

• More than 10 years of IT and engineering project management experience
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience delivering client projects in a provider or vendor environment
• Familiarity with matrix organisations
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills